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Hi johannes. I'm from the Author Author group and wanted to welcome you to our group. June’s "featured" author is Michael Connelly, and we have two "secondary" authors, Agatha Christie and John Connolly. If you're interested, you can choose a book written by any (or all!) of these three authors, and after you've read it, please come post a review and star rating so the rest of us in the group know what you read and whether you liked it or not. Happy Reading!
Welcome to 1001 books. You can keep track of the books you have read from the book, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die here and join in the discussions on the books we are reading for the month (from the book) or you can argue the merits of the list as some enjoy doing. We hope you will want to join in our discussions. The current books are at the top of the list for that month. If there is any way I can answer your questions about the group or about Shelfari, let me know. If you don’t own the book the list can be found http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm?content_id=22845
Ich gehe auch zur Universität. Ich spezialisiere mich in Flood Risk Management aber zur Zeit sind Ferien. Deshalb habe ich viel Zeit zum lesen. Welches ist dein Lieblingsbuch oder dein liebster Autor?
Hey johannes.Dein Deutsch ist richtig gut. Hast du es in der Schule gelernt? Oder ist es einfach zu lernen, wenn man aus den Niederlanden ist? Was machst du so? Hast du einen Job oder gehst du zur Universität?
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Hi johannes!I thought you may be intersted in a new group I started yesterday. It's called Booktivity! It's all about book titles and categories and of course playing and reading. If you are interested, please take a look here: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/36069/aboutHappy reading!
Hi Johannes:Ahh, "House of Nanking" is one of my favorite restaurants! I used to work in the Transamerica Pyramid building (I now work from home, but I still have a visitor's office in that building) . . . which was just around the corner. Great choice! You mentioned you live in the north . . Friesland? Groningen? Near Weerribben National Park? I'm an avid birder & natural history lover . . so I've read good things about the Weerribben wetlands. My friends took us by ferry to Texel Island when we were last in Holland, which I enjoyed very much!Regarding books similar in style to Mulisch, hmm, that's difficult. Have you read "Rituals" by Cees Nooteboom? How about "Homo Faber" by Swiss author Max Frisch, or perhaps Italo Calvino's novels? My Dutch friend recently gave me "Smilla's Sense of Snow" by Peter Høeg, and I thought that was good. Lastly, one of my European Shelfari friends recommended "The Seducer" by Jan Kjaerstad; however I didn't finish it (it was a little too sexually graphic for my tastes).Thanks for the tip on "Character" (English title) by Bordwijk; the review sounded interesting, so I ordered it online; have you seen the movie?Thanks for the northern Netherlands invitation . . we may take you up on it!Regards,Scott
Hi Johannes: Thank you for the Shelfari friendship request - - I'm honored to accept!Where do you live in the Netherlands? I have been there once to visit good friends, who live in Putten (my friend is a genetics professor at Universiteit Utrecht). In fact, my wife and I are planning to visit our friends in May . . if the bad economy doesn't get to us!Yes, I live in (& love!) San Francisco, but I'm not sure what "funky" Chinatown restaurant you are referring to. Do you remember the street it was on? Let me know if you plan on visiting again . . it would be fun to meet!Lastly, I noticed that you have read Dutch author Harry Mulisch . . I read, and very much enjoyed his "Discovery of Heaven." Have you read it?Best wishes,Scott
I really would like to travel but I don't have the resources. I've been only to few places - once in Japan, twice in Singapore, Taiwan, once iin US (Columbus in Ohio, San Francisco, San Diego, LA and NY). One day, I'll go to see the pyramids in Egypt, Angkot Wat in Cambodia, etc. Until then, I'm resorting to reading and watching films to make me "see" the other places that in my lifetime I won't be able to visit. I'm more into fiction, however. I have this one travel writing by Camilo Jose Cela (Journey to Alacarria). I'll read it someday.Is the 'Seven Years in Tibet" that you've read the inspiration of the Martin Scorsese's film of the same title? I've watched it and found it amazing. That's one of the most underrated films of Scorsese.Thanks for accepting me invitation.
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yeah, I thought it was interesting the way he got inside the autistic child's head and it could have been just so wrong, but he nailed it....at least that was the feeling that I got and from reviews of other readers of the book, they were just blown away by the degree of empathy he showed for the character. Thanks for the recommendations of the two books. I shall have to try them out and tell you what I think...:) My tastes in reading are varied and I've never been afraid to try new styles of writing so I will wait to see how I like them.
I noticed that you had read the book, The Curiouis Incident of the Dog in the Nightime. What did you think about it? I thohght it was powerfully written, though it took some time for me to get into. But, overall, it was a good book. Wasn't it a first novel for him?
I did notice that we have several in common, but i also noticed that you have several that I could never read in a million years, not because I would not want to read them but because I cannot read the language. Still, I may have read the English version, as I've only begun to list the books I've read, If you like to write, you should check out Pan Histora.com; it's a really cool site and some great writing sites as well really great people.
